<p>B.C.’s top court has set aside a 21-month jail sentence and replaced it with house arrest for an Indigenous offender who punched another man, fracturing his skull and causing a severe brain injury.</p>

Appeal court rules that the judge who sentenced the man to jail failed to give due consideration to the role of his Indigenous background{ai:summary}<p>British Columbia's top court has overturned a 21-month jail sentence for an Indigenous man who inflicted a severe brain injury on another individual by punching him, substituting it with house arrest. The decision reflects considerations of the offender's background. #crime</p>

Indigenous man who fractured victim's skull gets house arrest instead of jail after appeal

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